CVE-2016-9601

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

ghostscript before version 9.21 is vulnerable to a heap based buffer overflow that was found in the ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image function which is used to decode halftone segments in a JBIG2 image. A document (PostScript or PDF) with an embedded, specially crafted, jbig2 image could trigger a segmentation fault in ghostscript.

ghostscript, en versiones anteriores a la 9.21, es vulnerable a un desbordamiento de búfer basado en memoria dinámica (heap) descubierto en la función de ghostscript jbig2_decode_gray_scale_image, que se usa para descifrar segmentos halftone en una imagen JBIG2. Un documento (PostScript o PDF) con una imagen jbig2 embebida y especialmente manipulada podría desencadenar un fallo de segmentación en ghostscript.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-11-23 CVE Reserved
2017-03-24 CVE Published
2023-11-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=jbig2dec.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e698d5c11d27212aa1098bc5b1673a3378563092	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97095	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697457	Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9601	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-24	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3817	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Artifex Search vendor "Artifex"		Gpl Ghostscript Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Gpl Ghostscript"				< 9.21 Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Gpl Ghostscript" and version " < 9.21"		-		Affected
Artifex Search vendor "Artifex"		Jbig2dec Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Jbig2dec"				<= 0.13 Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Jbig2dec" and version " <= 0.13"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected